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Staybil is award-winning, AI-powered software that allows organizations to incorporate multi-site hiring and rostering into their existing workforce management software. It allows staff to pick up and swap shifts in the best locations, and organisations to optimize travel for staff that they hire. Staybil’s vision to revolutionise how work is found and kept is based on the belief that the future of urban life depends on workforce geo-optimisation designed to reduce commuting time and traffic congestion. www.staybil.com

Inspire a Star is a fund raising platform to help the next generation realise their sporting dreams …. whether it is to have their first tennis lesson, win an Olympic gold medal, play for the Socceroos or the Mathilda or be the best golfer in the world. It is increasingly hard for parents to fund extra coaching, equipment and travel to competitions. Inspire a Star provides a platform for friends, family and members of the sporting community to help fund the journey. www.inspireastar.com.au Please e mail your suggestions or questions to jill@inspireastar.com.au

fishIDER – the fish Identification Database and Educational Resource – is a new technology that helps to monitor and manage fisheries, developed by CSIRO. It’s now being used by Indonesia’s Centre for Fisheries Research and is expected to benefit researchers and industry worldwide. It is fundamental to accurately identify fish species that have been captured. The catch data collected are used to generate stock assessments. These inform important management decisions, such as catch quotas and maximum sustainable yields. https://www.fishider.org/

Do you have an idea for your own start-up ? Or an idea that can help in a crisis, such as as helping farmers in drought or people with a disability? Or do you like brainstorming ideas with others and creating solutions? This new type of event, trialed during Spark Festival, is your chance to test an idea on Dec 4 in Sydney. You’ll be able to temporarily post it online with an image and an elevator pitch so others in the group can quickly understand it and offer feedback. We will run you through idea generation, including through the lean start-up methodology, and how crowdfunding can be used to help get your idea off the ground. A small prize will be given to each of the top two ideas judged on the day. Register here

How Game Are You?™ Couples Intimacy game. Simple but effective card game that starts conversations in a relationship about their physical and emotion relationship. Great to expand the good times, learn more about frustrations and set the scene for better communications ongoing. I like that its quicker than reading a book, cheaper than seeing a counsellor and couples play the game together which is a great start. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bradleyfield/how-game-are-youtm-couples-intimacy-edition?ref=cnpki0

Swiss company Vitra has previewed a set of office seating prototypes, called Soft Work. The designers argue that the next trend in 21st-century working life will be to do away with the the desk-and-chair setup altogether and replace it with sofas. https://www.fastcompany.com/90260970/the-office-of-the-future-no-desks-no-chairs

CALCLEAR Water Conditioner offers a unique electronic method to eliminate the problems of limescale from home and commercial plumbing systems and appliances. Installation is simple, needing no plumbing and using no chemicals. It’s a simple effective, electronic unit which inhibits scale build-up , creates soft water, reduces maintenance and extends the life of plumbing and hot water systems whilst having low running costs. It works by using a tiny computer chip to generate variable wave forms that change the ability of the mineral salts to crystallise and form the deposits we know as limescale. The changed salts remain in solution where they offer health benefits. www.calclear.com.au

Art that was created during the 1970’s and 1980’s by South Africa’s Black artists, has been returned to South Africa by benefactors who had taken it overseas. It now forms a significant part of the Ifa Lethu Heritage Collection. The repatriation of art created by the struggle-era artists, now numbers 670 and required the involvement of 16 countries. Through its work over the last few years, the Foundation has successfully assisted 2,300 poverty stricken youth and women, delivering on benefits such as income generation through job creation and enterprise development. https://www.ifalethu.org.za/

LOQI collaborates with artists worldwide to offer a collection of super strong, compact shopping bags that replace disposable plastic bags. The collection includes works from the world’s finest museums. The bag shown has a geometric design by Marc Chagall from the Museum of Modern Art, New York. https://www.loqistore.com/collections/bag-collections/products/marc-chagall-i-and-the-village-bag